Video of the day: Bex Burch & Leafcutter John share ‘In the Moments’ first single from new album Boing!

When a planned meeting in Sheffield was put on hold John and Bex began playing together using Zoom to record weekly improvised sessions during the first lockdown of 2020. The sessions became a regular creative outlet for the two artists and gave rise to Boing! which documents John and Bex getting to know each other and helping each other through the lockdown experience.

Boing! is a celebration of listening and creative freedom from two of the most exciting voices in the jazz+ scene. "I suggested playing over Zoom and that we use the delay as part of the improvisation" Bex describes, taking turns to lead the exchange, whilst enjoying the looseness of “there not being a definite time”, as John puts it.

Lead track 'In the moments' traces an entangled journey, moving towards consonance before disintegrating. John produced a video for this track which features a hand drawn collage of animated loops. It explores the idea of two people collaborating at a distance and includes rotoscoped imagery of the two artists dancing.

Further highlights include the pulsing and searching 'Just make it', the expansive soundscape of title track Boing!, and the frenetic & strange but somehow familiar 'Out of our hands'. At times optimistic and sparse and on other occasions tense and enveloping, each piece on ‘Boing!’ takes us deeper into the duo’s world.

For more info visit leafcutterjohn.bandcamp.com/album/boing and watch the video below